> the dark night of the soul I always understood this as an emptiness rather than as a "bad trip." "The dark night of the soul" usually occurs after you feel

> the dark night of the soul I always understood this as an emptiness rather than as a "bad trip." "The dark night of the soul" usually occurs after you feel like you have made spiritual progress, in whatever tradition you practice, and then to have it suddenly disappear. The dark night of the soul is a period of disconnection, of feeling as if you have been abandoned by God, of not knowing how to get back on track.